Secretary Long Rules on Schley Sampson Command Case
Secretary Long approves the court of inquiry findings on the Schley Sampson dispute. He rules the court could not have ruled on command at Santiago and declines further proceedings. He also denies Admiral Sampson’s counsel an inquiry and forwards letters to Schley and Sampson outlining the department’s stance.
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Washington
Long
Schley
Navy Department
Santiago
Adiral Sampson
Admiral Schrey
Sampson
Department
Court of Inquiry
Départment
William T. Sampson
John D. Long
W. T. Sampson
Armerican
Messrs
Stayton, Campbell & Theall
Admiral Sampson
Secretary of the Navy
Court Dissolves Schley Inquiry and Admiral Schley Speaks
Secretary Long dissolved the Schley court of inquiry this day and notified Admiral Dewey. Admiral Schley, in Baltimore, declined to comment and planned to travel to New York, with counsel Rayner and Teague uncertain about future actions or appeals.
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W. 5
Schley
U. S. XII
Spain
Acordingly
John D. Long
Secretary Long
Court of Inquiry
Washington
New York
Messrs. Rayner and Teague
Admiral Schley
Baltimore
Navy Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Arbitrary and Tyrannical Claim by Maryland Attorney General
Isador Rayner the Maryland attorney general and Schley’s counsel calls Secretary Long’s decision arbitrary and tyrannical. He denounces the ruling for ignoring testimony and ceding favor to Sampson, and says they may seek judicial relief if the president does not intervene. He notes possible court action to compel filing of Dewey’s dissent and hints at next steps.
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Baltimore
Isador Rayner
Maryland
Admiral Schley
Long
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Dewey
Schley
Santiago
Sampson
Maclay Ordered to Resign from Navy Yard Office
Washington announces an official order directing Edgar S. Maclay, a general storekeeper’s office special laborer at the New York navy yard, to submit his resignation. Secretary John D. Long disclosed the request at a presidential conference and released details to the press.
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Washington
Navy Department
A. S. Barker
Navy Yard
New York
Edgar S. Maclay
John D. Long
Long
Maclay
Emperor William critiques art as Berlin endures Christmas misery
Emperor William's dinner with painters and sculptors sparks debate over modern art, with critics arguing his anti naturalist stance reflects social democracy bias. Meanwhile Berlin faces a grim Christmas as half a million unemployed, charity strains, and new relief efforts unfold across German cities.
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Berlin
William
Germany
Boreaulin
Thoma
Lisbermann
Stuck
Uhde
Menzel
Heinrichshalle
Siegeshalle
Oo. C. Barber
W. A. Smith
Glasgow
Bryant & Mays
George W. Pater
Diamond Match Company
Liverpool
J. W. Bartholomew
Mr. Graves
Bryant &Mays
Mannheim
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Barber
United States
Cologne
Stuttgart
Leipzig
Wiesbaden
Laura
Silesia
Foreign laborers expelled from Anhalt duchy amid unemployment rise
German authorities discharge foreign workers from state establishments in Anhalt and elsewhere. Berlin census counts 59,593 unemployed residents, reflecting a broad employment crisis during the period.
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Anhalt
Duchy
Germany
Berlin
Boiler Explosion at Singer Nimicks Plant Injures Seven
Pittsburg reports an early morning boiler explosion at the Singer Nimicks west end plant of Crucible Steel. Two of five boilers burst at 6:55, scalding seven workers, with two likely to die. Twenty to thirty others suffer minor burns as water and debris damage mill facilities. Injured include Charles Miller, William George, William Reed, Ford Reed, William Sharp, John Brown, Boyd Johnson. One more victim, William Rodd, dies. Toby Johnson is seriously hurt.
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Pittsburg
Singer-Nimicks
West End
Crucible Steel Company
Charles Miller
William George
William Reed
Ford Reed
William Sharp
John Brown
Boyd Johnson
William Rodd
Toby Johnson
May Have Been Murdered In Vancouver Suburb
Mrs Grace Powell a young German resident of Seventh avenue Mount Pleasant Vancouver missing for three days after agreeing to buy poultry from a stranger small man who claimed fowls were at his place She left with $45 in her purse and has not been seen since Police have not made any arrests and neighbors continue to search the area for clues
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Vancouver
D. C
Grace Powell
Seventh Avenue
Mount Pleasant
WILLING TO AID MARCONI IN CANADA
Finance Minister Fielding telegraphed to Marconi from Ottawa offering Dominion support for wireless stations along the Nova Scotian shore. The cabinet promises no obstacle to his experiments in Canadian territory and invites him to Ottawa to discuss terms. Marconi departs St John’s for Ottawa tomorrow evening to meet Montreal capitalists backed by Governor Boyle.
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St. John’s
Fielding
Dominion
Marconi
Ottawa
Nova Scotian
Canadian
St. John's
Montreal
Match Race Headlines Oakland Card as Headwater Sets California Six Furlong Record
San Francisco December 31 report notes Headwater's six furlongs in 1:12 1/4 the season's best. Old England defeats San Nicolas in a five furlong match for a $500 side and added by the association. Summary races list winners and times across Oakland and Crescent City meetings, including Cruzados, Colonel Ballantyne, Death, Cast Iron, and Ben Chance in various handicap, selling, and stakes events.
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San Francisco
Oakland
California
Old England
San Nicolas
Carrie
Afghan
Rip Shannon
St. Philippna
Dr. Scharff
Shell Mound
Commonwealth Attorney
el Mido
Headwater
Sombrero
Mercer
Cruzados
Botany
Water Scratch
Colonel Ballantyne
Courtier
Romany
New Orleans
Crescent City
Sir Florian
Boomerack
Cast Iron
Missile
Serpent
Saint Cuthbert
John Grigsby
Neilie Waddell
Ben Chance
Nitrate
Petit Maitre
Little Elkin
Admetus
Deloraine
Deponan
Arak
Swordsman
Court Opens Late As Holiday Break Delays Docket
Special Dispatch reports Big Timber Montana district court postponed its opening due to Judge Henry's red lodge delay with the holidays. The entire docket, criminal and civil, is rescheduled to the next term starting about the last Monday in March. A separate dispatch from Phoenix, Arizona notes the murder of Corporal Irich, an Indian scout, on a desert trail near Fort Grant.
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Standard
Big Timber
District Court
Henry
Red Lodge
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Movard Tels
Irich
Fort Grant
Editor’s Parliament Arrest in Roscommon Colony
John P B Hayde member of parliament for South Roscommon and newspaper proprietor is sentenced at Ballinlough Roscommon to 21 days imprisonment for inciting boycott and non payment of rent. Six other persons receive shorter terms from fortnights to a month on same charge.
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Dublin
John PB. Hayde
South Roscommon
BalHnlough
Roscommon
Argentina Chile Tensions Rise With Military Build Up
Reports from Buenos Aires indicate a sharp turn in the Argentina Chile dispute with Chile planning a large gun factory near Rosario and Rome two regiments of mountain artillery. Germany supplies the machinery while 2200 seamstresses work on uniforms. Talks between ministers Yanez and Portela stall. The Tribuna warns of growing danger and possible renewed conflict unless Chile shifts its stance.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Rosario
Germany
Santiago
Senor Yanez
Senor Portela
Chile
Ultima Operanza
Count Potocki Loses £100,000 at Vienna Poker
Vienna dispatch reports at the Vienna Jockey Club Count Potocki lost 100000 pounds in three hours of card play. Count Palavicinni won most of the money. Christman Gift for Boece Children mentioned by Rev. Mr. Schaeffer at Remechieu.
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London
Vienna
Jockey Club
Count Potocki
Count Palavicinni
Christman
Boece
Utrecht
Mr. Schaeffer
Remechieu
Rhine provinces gift to Boer children noted in Kruger audience
A purse of 10,000 marks was presented to Mr. Kruger as a Christmas gift from the Rhine provinces and Westphalia children. The gift supports Boer children and was announced during a session with the recipient.
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Rhenish
Prussia
Kruger
Rhine
Westphalia
Exclusive Right Claimed on San Juan River Navigation
Managua reports a Washington dispatch says Germany claims exclusive navigation rights to the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua under a concession to the Atiag Steamship company. The concession was reportedly forfeited a month ago by arbitrators for noncompliance, but an article states it shall not hinder Nicaraguan canal construction.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Washington
San Juan River
Lake Nicaragua
Atiag Steamship Company
Supreme court to hear oral arguments in Tait v Butte Butchering Co
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Helena. Dec 21. The court orders the clerk to inform counsel that oral arguments on specific points will be heard on January 6 in the appeal from Silver Bow County.
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Standard
Helena
Supreme Court
Tait
Butte
Silver Bow County
Wireless Teleology Successfal In Victoria Harbor
Victoria, December 21. R Hut cheson a local electrician conducted wireless telegraphy experiments here. He erected a pole on an island in Victoria Arm and received messages from a launch circling the island at about a half mile. He plans to try communicating with gulf islands.
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Victoria
B. C
R. Hutcheson
Victoria Arm
Gulf
Hogan Succeeds Joslyn as Deputy Sheriff in Great Falls
Great Falls Montana December reports Ed Hogan 41 wife and Democratic past on local police force chosen by Sheriff Benner to replace missing deputy Frank Joslyn Hogan will resign January 1 to assume the new post. Hogan survived a February 17 gunfight with Gustave Lenhart in Clara Richards resort saving Lenhart’s victim and remains on active duty. Joslyn’s whereabouts remain unknown with local friends offering to cover any shortage in Western Labor Union funds.
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Standard
Great Falls
Mont
Ed Hogan
Benner
Frank Joslyn
Gustave Lenhart
Clara Bell
Lenhart
Hogan
Colt
Joslyn
Western Labor Union
Great Falls Seeks 30000 Dollar School Bonds Election
Great Falls officials received a certified copy of a school board resolution urging the county commissioners to call a special election at the earliest date to vote on a 30000 dollar bond issue for purchasing ground and constructing one or more schoolhouses in the district. The exact election date was not set.
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Great Falls
Board of County Commissioners
Carey
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Commel
Sehley
Maclays
Als
Isador Rayner Fous
Beth
Dr. Jaeger
Gans
Klein
North Main Street
Butte, Montane
Canada
Scent City
Frison
Oxford
Cambridge
Siegel’s
Siegel Fedoral
Ottting
Ima
Peru
Gaveston
Buenos Aires Repor
Argentina
Su Isa de Chile
Hreo
Court
Knaffs Bros
Schatzlein Paint Co
W. Broadway, Batte
Josyln
Sheriff’s Office
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